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"I live in a country (Philippines) that is filled with RABID catholics and being an atheist here is very difficult. In my life, I personally know just one atheist ( and maybe another one). I confessed to him that I am as well but after that we did…"

"Maybe that's why there are many accidents on the road. The priest keeps blessing the road with holy water and the the cars aren't equipped with all-weather tires (after all, a wet road is harder to drive on)."

"How do they know they're blessing it in the name of the right god? What they should do is bless small segments of the highway in the names of different gods, and then collect the data to see which god is best at preventing traffic accidents.…"

"Perhaps off topic, but I wouldn't choose to believe in "God" so I could be happier. I would only want choose to believe in "God" if the belief seemed to be the truth. I am an atheist with depression. I don't know if my…"

"I have no statistics, so I'll speak from personal opinion. Quite likely, the atheists are neither more nor less likely to suffer the initial descent into depression. The difference vs. theists is what resources one might have to…"

"My understanding is that philosopher Nietzche, who announced infamously "God is Dead", committed suicide. Even since then, the idea of atheists as depressed has stuck around.
Atheism is not a complete ideology, by…"

"SB is right on. Everyone—theist and non-theist—experiences depression. But I'd say it's well documented that religious people experience depression. Just read some of the writings of Mother Theresa, or the writings of John of…"

"here is a paper on depression and atheism. The answer is complicated. There are depressed atheists, and there are happy atheists. In general, the authors conclude that atheists tend to be LESS depressed than religious…"

Is there a link between depression and Atheistsm? do depression sufferers tend to lean towards atheistsm than others? As depressed people ( i think ) tend to be self reflective, they end up with more logical questions. am just curious. :) See More

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